- SEC Charges Municipal Advisor with Failing to Register with the Commission.
- S&P: U.S. Public Finance Issuers’ Inconsistent Cyber Security Faces State-Backed Threats
- WSJ: How Your Town Can Feel the Weight of the National Debt.
- How Climate Change May Be Reshaping the Landscape for Municipal Debt Issuances.
- NYC Bitcoin-Bond Idea Squashed by Lander as ‘Irresponsible’
- UMB Bank, N.A. Trustee v. Eagle Crest Apartments, LLC – Following bond default, Indenture Trustee (UMB) obtained a default judgment against debtor in North Dakota. UMB registered the North Dakota judgment in Washington State under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act and the Washington Court of Appeals upheld the transfer, holding that the transfer did not require prior notification to the Washington State Attorney General.
- And Finally, BCB Unleashed: Revenge of the Park Ranger is brought to us this week by City of Portland v. Lesperance, in which – when confronted by a park ranger regarding his unleashed dog – Marc Lesperance deployed a cunning legal stratagem, stating that, “He was very familiar with the rules and had no intention to follow them.” Touché. That certainly seems to sum it up. Likewise, this publication is fully aware of the rules of competent legal reportage and yet (as you have no doubt noted) has no intention of following them.